Improvement in vegetable-cutters



runners ouarrsor BaATTLnBoRoUe'H, vanMoNT.

Letters Patent No. 108,007,dated October 4, 1870.

" IMPRQVEMENTjIN vEeETABLE-cui-TERS.

` The Schedule referred to in the-se Letters Patent-and makingxpart f the same.

" To all whom' tt muy concern: .t

Beit `known that I, FRANCIS CURTIS, of Brattleborough,in the county of Windham and in the State ol Vermont, have invented certain new `and useful Improvements in Vegetable-Gutters; and'do hereby declare tliatfthetbllowin g is afull, c1ear,and exact description thereof, 'reference` being had to the accompanyingdrawing and to thefletters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification. A

The nature; of my` invention consists in the coni "struction and arrangement of a'vegetable-cutter,

l as will `be hereinafter fully "set forth. o

\ 'o `In `order to `enable others skilled inthe art to wh ich my invention ,appcrtains` to make and -use the same,

f I will now proceed` to describe its construction and operation, referring `to` thc annexed-drawing, in

` A represents a board,of any suitable dimensions,

" providedalong its sides with anges-B VI3, }viiich project downwardandlinward forming grooves, in `which a board or frame,'0, is inserted.`

" This frame` C is, along its sides, provided with flanges ya @which project upward, so as to.4 form a space f between the under side-oftheboard A, and the upfper sideof the` frame G.

`Across the centerv of the frame O is placed the cutter bar D, which is flat on top, and beveled on the under sidefrorn the sidesdownward toward the center,` forming'twolcutting-edges,as shownin fig.' 3.

The ends of the cutterD are let in into the ianges aa, and the board or frame-Uis slotted under said cutter, which slot is wider than the cutter, so as to extend onboth sides thereof. l'

In the board A is a large round aperture, 1n which 1 the vegetables are held, and then the frame C mov'ed back and forth, the cutter I) cutting it when moving` in both directions.' o

In using my invention, tlie board A is placed upon the table, or other suitable place, the iiangesr B B forming the rest for the same, leaving a space under the slide O for the vegetables to fall, after they vare cnt.

An `opening may bemadc under the knife D, for the vegetables to fall below.

'lhe vegetables are placed with the circular opening in theframe A, and heid down upon the knife by the operator, while the slide C witlrits knife is moved forward and backward by the handle at its end. As' the vegetables are cut they are dropped down, or arie pushed aside from under the slide, so that it can freely operate.

By these means any vegetables can be cut with ease and quickly, and the operator is not in danger of a cutting the fingers on the hand.'

What I claim, isa The board A, with its circular opening and angular flanges B B, through which slides the board C, having lianges a a and two-edged-knife I), operating under the circular opening, all substantially as set forth, l In testimony that` l claim .tlie' foregoing, -I have l hereunto set my hand and seal this lstrday ot April,

FRANCIS CURTIS. [n s] `Vifitnes'ses:

KITTRIDGE Rasmus,- `Joran `W. REID. l 

